For him the myrtle and ivy were entwined with the laurel, and fame was sweetened by youth.

He was righteously ready to draw from life all the good things which fate and fortune then smiling upon him could offer, and he took his pleasure frankly, with an honest heart.
We know that he succeeded in his mission and put the captain of thirty men in his proper place, but no one now can tell how deeply he was affected by the charms of Miss Philipse.

The only certain fact is that he was able not long after to console himself very effectually.

Riding away from Mount Vernon once more, in the spring of 1758, this time to Williamsburg with dispatches, he stopped at William's Ferry to dine with his friend Major Chamberlayne, and there he met Martha Dandridge, the widow of Daniel Parke Custis.

She was young, pretty, intelligent, and an heiress, and her society seemed to attract the young soldier.
The afternoon wore away, the horses came to the door at the appointed time, and after being walked back and forth for some hours were returned to the stable.